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of filial piety, gaining a great reputation by his own kind treatment of his parents whom he supported when in poverty. Tsang LiB ^ ^ (T. 3g ;^ ). A native of Eiangsu who 1989 flourished towards the close of the 17th century A.D. and distinguished himself as a writer upon the Classics.

Tsang Yung ^^ (^jj^)* 18th cent. A.D. Grandson of 1990 Tsang Lin, and a voluminous writer on classical subjects. T8*ang Chieh ^ ^. The legendary inventor of the art of 1991 writing, also known as ^ ^. He is said to have had fonr eyes and to have taken the idea of a written language from the markings of birds* claws upon the sand. Previous to this, mankind had no other system than a rude method of knotted cords for recording events or communicating with each other at a distance. Upon the achievement of his task the sky rained grain and evil spirits mourned by night. He and Chd Sung are now worshipped as ^ JfSjf the patron saints of written characters.

Ts^ang Wu Wang. See Liu Til.

Tsao Pu Ig; ;$^. B.C. 1000. The charioteer of Mu Wang, whose 1992 eight steeds he drove on his master's famous journey to the west. Ts*ao Chi-hsiang 1|r ^ jj^. Died A.D. 1461. A eunuch of 1998 ^^ Luan-chou in Ghihli', who rose through Wang Ch£n, and in 1436 went as army inspector on campaigns against the rebels of j^ )\\ Lu-ch'uan, Jt ^ B^ Driangha, and Puhkien. In 1457 he aided Shih H£ng to re-instate the Emperor Ying Tsung and so obtained equal power with Shih. The two waged war against the Censors and attacked Li Hsien and his friends, which estranged the Emperor from them. The fall of Shih H£ng terrified Ts^ao into plotting rebellion with his adopted son Ts^ao ^ Ch^in. The plot was revealed just in time, and after a night's fighting at the palace gates their forces deserted them. Ts'ao Gh4n committed suicide, and his father was seized and publicly disembowelled.